Being a Home Instead Caregiver

​​​​​​​What is it really like to be a Home Instead Senior Care® CAREGiver? One thing's for sure: It's never the same thing twice.

If you enjoy variety in your work life, you will love caregiving.​

A Day in the Life of a Professional CAREGiver

As a member of our team, you will serve seniors and their families throughout the Richmond, VA area. Your specific duties will vary by the client as well as your level of expertise and training. In a certain way, there is no 'typical' day-in-the-life. But if we could peek into your future as a CAREGiver, here's what we might see you doing on any given day:

Cheerfully greeting your senior as you arrive for the day

Waking your client, helping her shower, dressing her

Preparing a nutritious breakfast

Putting a load of laundry into the washing machine

Chatting with your client about current events

Taking your senior for a walk outside to get some fresh air and sunshine

Driving your client to a doctor appointment, taking notes about what the doctor said, then driving back home

Brewing up some afternoon coffee to enjoy together while watching television

Folding freshly laundered clothes and putting them away

Feeding the pet

Reminding your client to take medication

Playing a game or putting together a jigsaw puzzle

Dialing the telephone so your client can chat with a loved one for awhile

Watering the plants

Listening to stories about when your client was young

Planning next week's menu together

Cooking dinner, doing the dishes afterwards and putting them away

Helping your client get an evening bath to relax

Helping put on pajamas and get tucked into bed

Receiving a warm hug for all the help you provided that day

Writing notes in the Client Journal

Saying goodnight and "see you tomorrow"

Life changes constantly. You may find your client napping a lot one day and very chatty the next. One day may find you driving your senior to the lab for a blood draw, while the next day sees you listening to old radio programs on CD. No matter what each day brings, you must be prepared to meet it with grace and good cheer. The one constant in your life as a CAREGiver? Variety.

Watch the below video to learn more about a day in the life of our CAREGivers:

Become a Home Instead CAREGiver

If you feel passionate about ​helping seniors to age in place and your heart holds a warm spot for the elderly, contact us using the form at the top of this page to learn more about joining our team as a professional CAREGiver.

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